Healthcare's Sustainability Approach: Waste Reduction

Waste reduction has easily become a viable way for the healthcare industry to tackle sustainability.

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GSK Cuts Advil Bottles’ Plastic by 20% with New Tech
GSK implemented a new resin technology that offers similar protection to existing bottles while using less plastic and remaining recyclable. Learn more in this Take Five with Healthcare Packaging video.
Jun 11th, 2021
Burgopak Team Up with Holmen Iggesund and Thames Technology to Celebrate Earth Day and Plant a Tree in Your Name
Burgopak Team Up with Holmen Iggesund and Thames Technology to Celebrate Earth Day and Plant a Tree in Your Name
Burgopak packaging studio team up with Thames Technology and Holmen Iggesund to celebrate mutual endeavors to increase sustainability in the gift card industry.
Apr 22nd, 2021
“The healthcare sector is both a significant contributor to the global planetary health crisis and uniquely burdened by it,” says Practice Greenhealth’s “Why Sustainability” page.
30 Sustainability Stories in Healthcare Packaging
In honor of Earth Month, we round up thirty stories of varying lengths and topics in life sciences and personal care packaging sustainability.
Apr 22nd, 2021
Customers across the U.S. can now shop online at Loop by Ulta Beauty for beauty and personal care products in durable, sustainable packaging that can be returned for refill.
Ulta Unveils First-of-its-Kind Circular Beauty Packaging Platform
Beauty retailer Ulta partners with circular shopping platform Loop to develop an online site and system for consumers to order products in durable, reusable packaging that can be returned for refill and reuse.
Mar 9th, 2021
To help with growth in its life sciences and pharmaceutical business, Tribe Transportation is expanding its use of Carrier Transicold X4TM 7500 trailer refrigeration units supported by TRU-Mount solar panels.
Tribe Builds Fleet with Solar Panel-Equipped Refrigeration Units
Solar panels maintain refrigerator unit batteries and improve driver retention.
Mar 9th, 2021
Excellence In Reusable Packaging Award
2021 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award Call for Entries
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) announced a call for entries for the 10th annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. This year RPA added an award category for Business-to-Consumer Reusable Transport Packaging.
Feb 22nd, 2021
The design principles also align with Amcor’s objectives to develop more sustainable packaging and to collaborate to increase recycling rates worldwide.
Amcor with 35 Consumer Goods Companies Further Sustainability Efforts
Partnership implements initiatives to reduce plastic waste and use of materials that make it harder to recycle packaging; this moves Amcor’s 2025 goal for fully recyclable packaging forward.
Jan 11th, 2021
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Four Reasons Reusable Packaging Is the Best Prescription for Pharma
The Inner Loop–blog of the Reusable Packaging Association–releases its latest article on reusable packaging in the pharmaceutical industry and how COVID-19 has affected it.
Nov 17th, 2020
The hygienic design means that there should not be any cavities or dirt traps where unwanted material can get stuck.
Decade Products: New Hygienic Bin at PACK EXPO Connects
The Dolav 1120H Hygienic Bin is impact-resistant with a hygienic design.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Amcor Joins U.S. Plastics Pact to Advance Circular Economy Goals in the United States
The initiative designed to unify approaches to rethink the way plastics are designed, used, and reused.
Sep 2nd, 2020
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Advances in Chemical Recycling Cut Plastic Waste
With growing pressure from regulatory and consumer sectors, Südpack is increasingly focused on chemical recycling of plastic waste and developing high-tech packaging films from the recovered raw materials.
Aug 25th, 2020
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Discover practical tips (big and small!) to help prevent excursions/waste with our Life Sciences Logistics Playbook.
Jun 30th, 2021
Clariant ColorWorks applies IR-detectable black technology to make other dark colors more recyclable.
Clariant ColorWorks™ Applies IR-Detectable Black Technology to Make Other Dark Colors More Recyclable
New colorants eliminate the need for carbon black entirely, and opens opportunities for colors like extremely dark blues and greens.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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New Recycling Process Uses Enzymes to Break Down Plastics by 70%
The Enzplast2 project from Spain’s AIMPLAS focuses on the use of enzymes in the plastics sector to develop more sustainable processes, including separating multilayer packaging and improving biodegradation.
Jun 5th, 2020
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Reusable Packaging and Hygiene
The latest article from The Inner Loop, the Reusable Packaging Association's blog which explores the impact of reusable packaging on our planet - and our lives.
May 29th, 2020
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Toppan Develops Paper-Based Tube-Pouch to Reduce Plastic Use
Paper-based material for body of easy to squeeze tube-shaped pouch further reduces plastic volume.
May 26th, 2020
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Looking Ahead to New Packaging Material Innovation
Packaging engineers and product developers must work together to create new sustainable initiatives in packaging material innovation.
May 22nd, 2020
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Planning for Recovery Systems Change
There’s strong interest in implementing public policies for financing packaging end-of-life management, but are those proposals adequately addressing the real challenges?
Apr 27th, 2020
U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game
U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game
Germany leads the world with a recycling rate of 68%, but the U.S. doesn’t even make the top ten according to “2019 Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing,” a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence.
Feb 4th, 2020
More in Sustainability
There is a 78% reduction of global warming carbon footprint potential between the single-use and reusable approaches from Pelican BioThermal.
Pelican BioThermal Wins Air Cargo Sustainability Award
The International Air Cargo Association recognizes environmental, social, and economic impact of Crēdo family of reusable packaging.
Jan 19th, 2021
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Reusable Packaging Association Announces New Board Leadership for 2021
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) announces new executive committee members and additions to its board of directors.
Jan 19th, 2021
LOLI Beauty uses recycled, recyclable, and refillable food-grade glass containers for its micellars (e.g., tonics, toners, and serums) and its balms and powders.
Home Compostable Bags for Zero-Waste Beauty Brand
As part of its holistic strategy to ‘stir up a clean + conscious change,’ D2C superfood beauty company LOLI uses less than 0.5% plastic in its packaging, opting instead for glass jars, paperboard, and compostable courier bags.
Dec 30th, 2020
The rapid success of LastObject’s reusable cotton swabs shows that the market is ready for alternatives to single-use products. The tip is made of Thermolast M from Kraiburg TPE to meet requirements of durability, cleaning, and skin contact.
A TPE for sustainable cotton swabs
LastSwab meets EU Directive which bans single-use plastic products ahead of time.
Dec 23rd, 2020
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Successful Recycling of Printed Plastic Films and Processing of Recyclate
Value chain initiative results in cost-effective systems for circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films, using high quality recyclates comparable to virgin material.
Dec 14th, 2020
The plastic Odyssey pallet is an alternative to wood, is fully reusable, and is made to offer dimensional consistency for automated equipment.
Orbis: Rackable Pallet for Heavy Loads and Stability
The 40 x 48 Odyssey Pallet holds 2,800+ lbs in unsupported racking and is designed for efficient handling of cased products in cold storage and refrigerated warehouses.
Nov 13th, 2020
Almost 90% of the managers polled stressed sustainability’s importance.
New Survey Reports the Sustainability Movement Has Gathered Momentum in Temperature Control Packaging
As customer demands for sustainable systems continue, the survey results show that pharmaceutical temperature control packaging providers are complying.
Nov 3rd, 2020
These tube systems are a packaging first: fully recyclable tube systems whose body, shoulder, and caps are composed of a single material family.
Hoffman Neopac: Recyclable Mono-Material Packaging System for Existing PE Streams
High-density polyethylene caps pair with polyethylene tubes to create Neopac’s recyclable PE-based tubes with flip-top caps.
Oct 15th, 2020
Deterra Pouches reduce drug abuse and negative environmental impact by keeping potent pharmaceuticals out of the watershed and landfills.
Verde Technologies: Drug Deactivation Pouches
Deterra Pouches use organic activated carbon to deactivate leftover medication; are safe to place in household trash after deactivation.
Oct 8th, 2020
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Q&A: Non-Profit Launches Sustainable Procurement Guide in Healthcare
11 Questions on how a non-profit organization is guiding healthcare purchasing decisions and what manufacturers need to know.
Oct 6th, 2020
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Reusable and refillable packaging innovations 2020
ThePackHub U.K. offers a compendium of sustainable packaging ideas for the growing reusable and refillable market.
Oct 2nd, 2020
TerraCycle Regulated Waste has launched an easy-to-use recycling system for single-use gloves and masks through their line of EasyPak Containers.
TerraCycle Regulated Waste Develops PPE Recycling System to Help Keep Essential Workers and the Planet Safe
Essential businesses no longer need to choose between their workers’ well-being and the health of the environment.
Sep 21st, 2020